ADAM'S THE LIBRARY COLLECTION 29th April 2025

137 www.adams.ie The Library Collection | 29 th April 2025 252 A GEORGE III IRISH SILVER WINE COASTER, stamped twice indistinctively with maker’s mark to the base, with pierced chased and embossed body decorat- ed with Bacchanal of Putti amongst fruiting vines, birds, windmills etc., having turned timber base. c.12cm diame- ter, 8cm high € 500 - 800 251 A GEORGE III SILVER SAUCE BOAT, Dublin (date mark and maker’s mark rubbed), of helmet form, with punched rim and decorated with chased and embossed floral swags, with applied c-scroll handle, raised on human mask capped legs with shell feet (c.9.7 troy ozs). 19cm wide over handle and spout € 400 - 600 250 A VICTORIAN SILVER PRESENTATION TWIN HAN- DLE CUP, London c.1897, maker’s mark of Sibray, Hall & Co. Ltd, the bowl with central girdle, one side engraved with the ‘Crosbie’ crest, the other side bearing the inscription ‘Presented to Major General Crozier R.E. by his friends & colleagues on his retirement from the post of Chief Engi- neering Inspector to the Local Government Board...’, fur- ther inscribed with date to rim of foot ‘1st June 1902’, ap- plied with cast ‘harp’ shaped handles. 40cm wide across handles, 20cm high (excluding ebon stand) € 1,500 - 2,500